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Right-leaning Democratic Party Sen. John Fetterman (Pennsylvania) has expressed support for the expansion of data centers, despite bipartisan pushback against their construction.

Fetterman’s remarks came on Monday following President Donald Trump’s post on Truth Social deriding Americans who have organized in opposition to the building of data centers.

“The only reason that communities throughout the U.S.A. should not want Data Centers is if they want to end up being backwards and poor,” Trump wrote. “If they want to be successful and rich, with far lower taxes and jobs all over the place, let Data Reign.”

Fetterman — who has expressed support for many Trump-led initiatives since being elected senator and is reportedly being courted by Republicans to switch parties — also stated his support for the expansion of data center construction.

In a post on X, Fetterman reacted positively to a Bloomberg report on Trump’s post by writing, “Agreed,” and adding, “We must win the war for AI supremacy over China.” He also suggested that he understood the political ramifications of his statement.

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